Ticket holder



Mafch 6, 1951 E. M. MACDONALD ,54

TICKET HOLDER Filed March 22, 1947 lllll "w 31 2 -21 INVENTOR.

EUGENE M. MACDONALD ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 6, 1951 assi'gnor to TheMacDonald Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, a,- corporation ofOhio , Application March 22, 1947,"SerialNo. 736,464

51 Claims.

1 The present invention relates to certain novel improvements in ticketholders and particularly to the ty e of ticket holder described inPatent No. 1,751, 744', granted to Murdock Macdonald on March 2 5, 1930.

V the line 4-4 ofFig. 2.

The ticket holder may be briefly described as a box-like casing having ahinged openin whereby a pad of tickets can be carried so as to projectfrom one side of the casing. The printed surface of the pad is disposedadjacent a cutting edge on the casing, which cutting edge is in-'tercepted by V=shaped fingers adjustably mounted on the casing. Theholder is thus adapted to notch the ticket at pro-selected points, whenthe ticket is torn along the cutting edge of the casing.

Heretofore, the notching fingers were mounted so as to suspend fromasingle horizontally disposed shaft or track and were movablelongitudinally thereof. Due to the necessary tolerances involved in themanufacture and assembly of the ticket holder, it was noted that therewas a tendency for the notching fingers to incline in one direction orthe other in deviation from a perpendicular position to the shaft. Thisdeviation resulted in inaccuracies in the notches produced by thefingers and,- further,v had the undesirable effect of causing a bindingaction between the fingers and the shaft which hindered ra'pidadjiistment of the fingers to various ticket notching positions.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide improvedmounting means for the notching fingers whereby to overcome theaforementioned tendency of such fingers to wobble.

Another object of the invention is to provide such mountin means as willbe of simple and durable construction.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means formaintaining the ticket stubs firmly within the casing.

Other objects and advantages of the inven ion will become apoarentduring the course of the following description with reference to theannexed drawing, wherein like numerals denote like parts throughout thesame.

In the annexed drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a ticket holder embodying m invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 4, with aticket pad-inserted shown in phantom lines.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental cross-sectional view similar to Fig. 2showing the mounting of the fingers in greater detail.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal View of the ticket holder,

Now referring more particularly to the drawing, the ticket holdercomprises a casing I, having an open bottom side, and a plate 2 hingedto the back wall 3 of the casing as at 4. A stubi'etain'i ng plate 5 isalso hingedl mounted on the back wall 3, as at 4, and, through theaction of the coil springs 5, resiliently maintains the ticket pad 1 inengagement with the positioning pins 8. One end of the spring 6 bearsagainst the stub-retaining plate 5, and the other end of the spring 5bears against the inner surface of the wall 3, thus, the springs '6 alsoserve to urge the by ears 20 on the casing l. The lower extremities ofthe fingers l5 are in the form of V-shaped prongs 2| which extendlaterally from the face l4 immediately adjacent the cutting edge 43, andserve to notch the tickets as they are torn on.

As best shown in Fig. 3, the distance between the axial centers of theopenings l6 and I1 is slightly less than the distance between the axialcenters of the tracks I8 and [9. This construction causes the smallertrack It to bow in slightly and thereby the openings l6 and I! bearfirmly against the tracks [8 and [9, as at 22 and 23, respectively, thusserving to maintain the fingers 15 in perpendicular alignment to thetracks I8 and I9. It will be understood that a similar effect may alsobe obtained by making the distance between the axial centers of openingsI 6 and. I! slightly greater than the distance between the axial centersof the tracks [8 and I9, thus causing the smaller track l8 to bow outslightly.

As will be noted in Figs. 2 and 4, the retaining plate 5 is soconstructed as to oifer a relatively large surface area for frictionalengagement with the ticket pad I as contrasted to the wire-formarrangement heretofore employed. This greater area of engagement servesto prevent shifting movement of the ticket pad 1 relatively to the pins8 and the cutting edge l3, and thereby prevents inaccurate notching ofthe tickets caused by improper registration of the ticket pad with thecutting edge.

The ticket holder is prepared for use by mounting the ticket pad I onthe plate 2, the pad being positioned properly by the pins 8. The springpressed retaining plate 5 serves to firmly hold the ticket pad againstshifting movement. When the ticket pad is thus properly positioned, theplate 2 which carries the pad is rotated to the closed position, shownin Fig. 2, and the springpressed latch fingers 9 engage the casing I tomaintain the plate 2 in the aforesaid position.

Inasmuch as the ends of the coil spring 6 bear against both, the backwall 3 and the stub-retaining plate 5, the spring 6 is compressed byrotation of the plate 2, which compression serves to increase thepressure of the stub-retaining plate 5 against the surface of the pad 7.

The tickets now project laterally of the casing and are resiliently heldagainst the cuttng edge I3 by the action of the spring pressed plateIll.

Suitable indicia are printed on the tickets, such as fare, date andstations. When preparing the ticket for issue, the conductor moves theslidably mounted fingers l5 along the tracks l8-and [9 to positionswhich Will indicate the pertinent data concerning the transportationinvolved. The ticket is then torn from the pad I along the cutting edgeI3. The prongs 2| on the fingers 15, which intercept the cutting edge,will form V-like notches on the torn edge of the ticket. V-likeprojections, corresponding to the notches, will re- ;;main on the ticketstub, which may also have suitable indicia printed thereon.

The conductor completes the operation by pressing the plate 2 inwardly,thereby drawing the torn ticket stub into the casing so that it will notinterfere with the issuance of the next succeeding ticket.

Having now -fully disclosed the objects of my invention and theparticular construction and employment of parts necessary to theattainment of the aforesaid objects, it is understood :'that the form ofmy invention, herein shown and described, is to be taken as a preferredexample of the same, and that various changes may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the subjoinedclaims.

I claim:

1. In a ticket holder of the character described, the combination of abox-like casing having an opening on one side thereof, pad holding meanshingedly mounted on one edge of said opening, parallel tracks mounted onsaidcasing in spaced relationshipthereto, and a plurality of notchingfingers therein carried by said tracks, said notching fingers havingspaced openings therein adapted to slidably engage said tracks, thedistance between said openings being other than the distance betweensaid tracks whereby to tension said tracks.

2. In a ticket holder of the character described, the combination of abox-like casing having an opening on one side thereof, pad holding meanshingedly secured to one edge of said openin whereby a ticket pad isurged into proximity to the opposite edge of said openings, paralleltracks of, circular cross-section mounted on said casing in spacedrelation thereto, and a plurality of notching fingers having spacedcircular openings therein slidably engaging said tracks, the distancebetween said openings being other than the normal distance between saidtracks, whereby to tension said tracks.

3. In a ticket holder of the character described, the combination of abox-like casing having an opening on one side thereof, pad holding meanshingedly secured to one edge of said opening whereby a pad of tickets isurged into proximity to the opposite edge of said opening, parallelspaced tracks of circular cross-section-mounted on said casing in spacedrelationship thereto, one of said track being of smaller cross-sectionalarea than the other, and plurality of notching fingers having spacedopenings therein slidably engaging said tracks, the distance betweensaid openings being other than the distance between said tracks wherebyto laterally tension and bow said track of smaller cross-sectional area.

.4. A combination, as defined in claim 3, wherein' the distance betweensaid spaced openings in said notching fingers is greater than thedistance between said tracks.

5. A combination, as defined in claim 3, wherein the distance betweensaid tracks is greater than the distance between said spaced openings insaid notching fingers. 1

EUGENE M. MACDONALD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 353,953 Lang Dec. 7, 18861,751,744 Macdonald Mar. 25, 1930 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date1,548 Great Britain 1895 16,364 Great Britain 1905

